Sentences with phrase «racially discriminatory act»

Not exact matches

Under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, about 800 counties with histories of racially - discriminatory voting laws — going back to poll taxes and literacy tests — had to get the Justice Department's approval beforehand (a process called pre-clearance) before such laws could take effect.

«Government needs to take genuine steps to address racially discriminatory practices and racial injustice within the education system and to secure compliance with existing legal duties under the Equality Act 2010.

Or fifty years later, in Runyon v McClary (1976), the Court ruled that the racially - discriminatory admissions policy of a private school in Virginia violated federal laws that hearkened back to the Civil Rights Act of 1866, which «prohibits racial discrimination in the making and enforcing of private contracts.»

Unlike the other cases, Gill v. Whitford and Benisek v. Lamone, which involved partisan gerrymandering, this case involves allegations of racially discriminatory redistricting in violation of the Voting Rights Act and / or the Equal Protection Clause.

Previous Western Australian and Queensland attempts to reduce native title rights through State legislation have been held by the High Court to be racially discriminatory and therefore invalid because they contravene the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Commonwealth) which implements parts of ICERD.

The legislative effect of the ruling has been that a federal government is able to implement racially discriminatory laws under s51 (xxvi) through clear and unambiguous legislation — such as the packages above and the direct references to suspension of the Racial Discrimination Act.

The Committee is aware of anomalies in the AH Act's protection of Indigenous heritage - the Report specifically acknowledges the racially discriminatory denial of Indigenous rights under the AH Act.

The Tribunal has not carried out a detailed analysis of this and is not aware of any challenge to the right to negotiate procedures on this basis, and accepts (in the absence of argument to the contrary) that the Act is not racially discriminatory in its application to the grant of future mining tenements.

The Commission recommends that the Government take steps to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the Australian Constitution; remove the discriminatory section 25 of the Constitution and replace it with a clause guaranteeing equality before the law; reform the Native Title Act to address measures that have been found to be racially discriminatory; [19] provide reparations to Indigenous communities for harm resulting from past child removal practices; and take measures to protect and promote Indigenous cultural and intellectual property, connection to traditional land through homelands and outstations, as well as the use of increasingly threatened languages, including through support for bilingual education programs.

reform the Native Title Act to address measures that have been found to be racially discriminatory;

It concerns whether the city of Miami can bring claims against Wells Fargo and Bank of America for racially discriminatory predatory lending under the Fair Housing Act — or whether the law only allows suits by individuals directly affected by discrimination.

The Second Circuit addressed alleged violations of the Fair Housing Act based on racially discriminatory advertising.